Drapery hook



Patented @et l, 1929 non-nm n. n. vnooivi, or roar sioni/Iona new Yoan. Assrenon fro n. nenni) company, ino., or waarnemen, eonnnorionr, a Conroe-Arion or DELAWARE DRAPERY Hooi:

Application filed July 23, 1928. `Serial No. 294,649.

rlfhis invention relates to a drapery hook, and in particular to a hook made of a single length'of wire. f f An object ot' the present invention is to provide a simple form oi' drapery hoolr having an open hoolr portionadapted to tit over a rod and provided with loops at spaced points upon a shank portion for attaching the hook to a draperyk at a plurality of separated points.

Another obj ect .of the .invention is to provide a hook having anv open hook portion at one end and a substantially straight shank portion at its opposite end adapted, when in operative position, to lie against the side surtace of a drapery supported thereby, this shank portion having loops formed thereon by means ot' which it may be attached as by stitching to the drapery, one of the loops be. ing disposed at the junction between the open hook portion and the shank portion, and another loop being disposed at the lower or free end of the shanlr.

Another feature or" advantage in one of the preferred forms of the invention is that by means of the two loops on the shank which in this embodiment are disposed in planes normal to each other, drapery which is adapted to be slightly shirred or pleated at its upper end may be attached to one of the loops ot the hool; at the central portion of a pleat oi"- the drapery, and the other hook may be attached at the side portions of the pleat.

l/Vith these and other objects in view, my invention includes the features of construction and operation set forth in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

In the accompanying drawing annexed hereto and forming a part of this specieation, l have shown my invention embodied in a drapery hook for a pleated drapery, adapted to lit over around rod, but it will be understood that the invention can be otherwise embodied, and that the drawing is not to be construed as delining or limiting the scope oi. the invention, the claims appended to this speciiication being relied upon for that purpose.

ln the drawingv Fig. 1 isa plan view of a hook forming the present invention shown in position upon a drapery and engaged over asupporting rod;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a drapery and rod with the hook shown in position thereon;

Fig. 3 'is a side elevation of a hook made according to the present invention;

Fig. 4f is a view simi-lar toFig. 3 showing a modified form of hook having two spaced loops disposed in the same plane; and

Fig. 5 is a similar view oit another modified term of 'hook having three loops.

ln' the above `mentioned drawing I have shown several embodiments of the invention which are now deemed preferable, but it is to be understood that/changes and `mo'diiica- 'tions may be made `within the scope of ythe appended claims vwithout departing from the spirit ofthe invention. Y

Referring more in detail to the "iigures of the drawing, '-s'how apleateddrapery inthe form of acurtain 10 somewhat shirned or pleated as indicated clearlyin iFig. 1 to form `oldsvorirui'lies. `This drapery 10 isl supported over a suitable supporting rod 11i-bythe hook '12 forininglthe presentinvention and shown clearly apart from the drapery 'inf-F ig. 3.

l'he hook A12J comprises a single length of" wire oi suitable material 4'having van1 open hook portion 13 'termed at one end, andhavingle, substantially straight shanlrportion 14 at its opposite end. At the `iunctionbetween the-arch portionl ot the hook Vportion 13, and

the shank 14 is a 'circular loop 16 as vshown clearly in LThis loop 16 isfoijme'd byi bending vthe `wire of thefhoolr 12 in va circle of relatively small radius. rllhis closed loop 4lh-as isolearly indicated in Fig. 3, lies substantially in the plane ot the hook portion '13 and'outside oiithecurve of the arch portion At ythe lower end of lthe `shank 14 is another loop 17 closed in thesamelmanner as ythe loop 16 above described, but' lying in a plane substantially normal to the :planeet the hook portion 13 and also .normal tothe i'irstiloop ,16. l

ylnforder to attach the hoo-lr '12`1'shown in lli-g 3 to adrapery 10, the upper loop 16- lyingin 'the plane ot the open hook portion 1GO 13 is stitched as shown at 18 in Figs. l and 2 to the central or mid-section of one of the vfolds or pleats of the shirred drapery 10.

The stitches 18 engage over the Wire of the loop 16 and directly engage the drapery l0.

The lower loop 17 which lies in a plane normal thus disposed and attached to the drapery l() by the stitches i8 and 19, the shirring or gatherii'ig of `the drapery will not be disturbed at the point of attachment oit the hook l2. On the other hand the attachment means iior this hook l2 Will tend to preserve the gathers or pleats in their proper position.

ln the modified form of hook shown in Fig. 4, the two loops 2O and 2l on the shank portion 22 are ldisposed in substantially the saine plane as the open hook portion 23. Each of these loops 20 and 2l may be attached by stitching to a drapery. As shown, the loops 20 and 2l may be formed on the shank 22 so that their center lies approximately in the axis of the shank 22.

A further modification of the invention shown in Fig. 5 is provided With two loops 2a' and 25 disposed substantially in the plane of the open hook 26 positioned at the junc- A third loop 28 at tion of the shank 27. the lower end of the shank 27 and substantially in the plane of the open hook 26 is also provided. In this form of hook one or both of the loops 24: and 2 5 may be employed to attach the hook to a drapery by stitching. The loops 24 and 25 lie upon opposite sides of the axis of `the shank 27 so that they are each substantially tangent to the shank, one loop 2li being Within the curve of the arch forming the open loop 26, and the other loop 2 being outside the arch and in substantially the same plane as loop 24.

I claim:

l. A drapery hook comprising a single Wire bent to form an open hook at one end, a shank portion at its opposite end, a loop formed at the junction of said shank With said hook and lying in the plane of said hook, and `a loop at the free end of said shank.

2. A drapery hook comprising a single wire bent to form an open hook at one end, a shank portion at its opposite end, and a plurality of loops formed on said shank at spaced points thereon.

3. A drapery hook comprising a single Wire bent to form an open hook at one end, and having spaced loops forming eyes disposed in planes at right angles to each other, and positioned respectively adjacent to and at the opposite end ot' said hook.

t. A drapery hook comprising a single Wire bent to form an open hook atone end, a straight shank portion at its vopposite end, a loop formed at the junction of said shank with said hook, and a loop at the free end oi said shank, said loops being disposed in planes at right angles to each other.

5. A drapery hook comprising a single Wire bent to form an open hook at one end, a shank portion at its opposite end, a loop substantially in the plane or' said open hook at the junction of said shank with said hook, and a loop at the tree end of said shank disposed snbstantially in a plane normal to the plane ot said hook. i f

6. A drapery hook comprising a single Wire bent to 'form an open hook at one end, a shank portion at its opposite end, a closed loop substantially in the plane of said open hook at the junction of said shank With said hook, and a closed loop at the free end of said shank disposed .substantially in a plane norinal to the plane of said hook, said closed loops forming attaching means for said hook to a drapery.

ROBERT D. H. VROOM. 

